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J. L. FIRM.

PRINTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED APB.6, 1911.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914,

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JOSEPH L. FIRM, OF BERWYN, ILLINOIS, A S $IGNO R TO THE GOSS PRINTINGCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING-PRESS.

Application filed April 5, 1911 Serial1tio. 619.022.

'Epeciticationof'lettrs Patent.

aten e To all whom if m (13 com-cm Be it known that I. Josnrn L. Frau, acit zen of the inted States. and a resident of Berwyn, county of Cook.and State of press of this character which shall be ofsimpleconstruction and efficiency in opera tion and capable of producing apaper or book having a large number of sheets.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed,

Theinvention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure l is a diagrammatic ectinnal view illustrating a printing pressembodying my invention, Fig. 2 a partial top plan view of the printingpress with certain parts broken away and the webs removed,- Fig. 3 asection ot the pre s taken on substantially line gr m of Fig. 1. Fig. 4a section taken substantially on line r 1 of Fig, 1, and Fig. 5 is alarge sectional view of the transverse folding and delivery mechanismemployed in the press.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingscomprises two sets of printing mechanisms arranged side by side each ofwhich consists of four similar sets of mechanisms arranged one above theother and each adapted to deliver a web fully printed on both sides.Each of these printing mechanisms comprises form c vl1n ders 1 and 2provided respectively with suitable inking mechanisms 3 and 4 and suit"able impression cylinders 5 and ti all arranged to print a web 7 on bothsides. The specific form of each of these printing mech anisms is fullydescribed in my co-pending application filed on March 8th, 1911. SerialYo. 613,105 and needs no further description here.

Each of the webs 7 in each set of mecha f granted on October 22.1907,'and needs nofurther description here. I might add however that, ifdesired. the Webs 7 froi one set of printing.- mechanisms shown'i'to theleft of Fig. 3 may be passed to cutting;

, folding and delivering mechanism 10 associated with the webs deliveredfrom the-other set of printing webs and thus delivered to the samedeliver belt 11.

the portio rof the web 7 diverted to accomplish this being marked 7".

Another slitting mechanism 12 is arranget between the sets of printingmechanisms in front of rotting. folding and delivering me hanism ltlfandsuitable V-formers 13 lead therefrom to a different form of cutting.folding and delivering mechanism so that the sets of webs from theprinting mechanisms may be passed to this other form of cutting. foldingand delivering mechanism. formers 13 leads to longitudinally foldingrollers 14 from which the sets of webs 7" pass to pairs of cuttingcylinders 15 and 16 and IT and 18 arranged to receive the sets of websas indicated in Fig. 4. inders are ofa. well known type and need nofurther description here. Suitable guide rollers 19 and 20 ar providedfor directing the sets of webs to the cutting vlinders and rigid guides21 and 22 are arranged be tween said guide rollers and said cylinders toinsure accurate guiding of the sets of webs thereto. The cuttingcylinders are an ranged in oppositely disposed pairs as: shown toassociate the sheets cut from the sets of webs. These sheets pass fromthe cutting cylinder through a. rigid guide 23 to a suitable transversefolding" and delivering mechanism 24 which delivers the folded sheets toa delivery belt- 25. This transverse folding and delivering mechanism isfully disclosed in my prior Patent Said arrange" ment is indicated indotted lines in Fig.

ln this case each of the V-' These cutting cyl- Number 671,993 grantedApril 16th,l9( )1,and be stated, howeger that'ifithis instance thecylinder QG is'madeadjustable toward and away from cylinder 24to'permit'of adjust ments for ditferent number of sheets, and it mightalso be.added that ifdesired, this" mechanism may be arranged to receiveand associate ,two discharges of sheets from the cutting cylindersbefore itself discharging, so thatin this way two sets of sheets fromthe cutting cylinders may be associated to gether and transverselyfolded. By this arrangement, it will be observed that a 64 sheet or a'128 sheetpaper-"or book maybe ,jjrintedand' delivered at a sin 1eoperation aifd that additionalmatter to %e associated i'vith this may bereadily and efliciently roduced by employing the cutting, folding anddelivering mechanism .10. l

While I have illustrated and described the full construction forcarrying my invention intoefi'e'ct, this is capable of vari ation .andmodification without departing from the-spirit of my invention. I,there- Iore, do'not. wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modifications as fall within the scope of the vappended claims. T" 7Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent isc' 1. In a printing press a series of superimposedweb, perfecting cylinder mechanisms with means .for feedin a web to eachof said mechanisms, in combination witha second series of similarsuper-imposed mechanisms arranged in parallel relation l therewith, webslitting means in front of needs no further description here.- It mighteach ofsaid series, means for feeding the .websfrom each mechanism inthe respective formers in advance of each of the first mentionedV-formers, and cutting and folding, mechanisms arranged between thecorresponding pairs of V-formers associated with I each of said seriesand adapted to feed the associatedwebs from each, substantially asdescribed. I

2. In a printing press a series of superimposed, web perfecting cylindermechanisms with means for feeding a web to each. --of sald mechanisms,in combmation with a second series of similar super-imposed mechanismsarranged in parallel relation therewith, web slittlng means in front ofeach of said series, means for feeding the webs fromeach mechanism inthe respective series to the respective slitting means, a pair of V-formers in advance of each of said slitting means, a pair of cuttingmechanisms 'arranged between the lower end of said pairs of V-formers,meansfor guiding the webs from said pairs of formers to the respectivecutting mechanisms, means for associating the severed portions of theweb passing from said cutting mechanisms, and means for folding. saidassociated severed portions, substantially as described. Y

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, JOSEPH L. FIRM.

Witnesses: I

JOSHUA R. H. PoT'rs, ARTHUR A. OLSON.

